Genesis 40:3:7Gen.40.3.W7TAB
אֶל־בֵּ֣ית
elbeit
“to the house of”
- Transliteration
- el-BEIT
- Extended
- ehl-BEET
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈbeːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the house of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-BEIT
- phraseyour reading level
el-BEIT ha-SO-har
- clause
va-yit-TEN o-TAM be-mish-MAR BEIT SAR ha-tab-ba-KHIM el-BEIT ha-SO-har
- sentence
va-yit-TEN o-TAM be-mish-MAR BEIT SAR ha-tab-ba-KHIM el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER yo-SEF a-SUR SHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-beit hassōhar {אֶל־בֵּית הַסֹּהַר | ʾel-bêt hassōhar} ‘to the house of the prison’ narrows the location to the prison facility.
In context — Genesis 40:3
And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard , in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 40:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בֵּ֣ית (elbeit) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.40.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.3.W7.S1) and character.